SICB Symposium: Taking Physiology to the Field: Advances in Investigating Physiological Function in Free-Living Vertebrates, to be held January 3-7, 2001, Chicago, IL

SICB 研讨会：将生理学带入实地：自由生活脊椎动物生理功能研究进展，将于 2001 年 1 月 3 日至 7 日在伊利诺伊州芝加哥举行

• 批准号: 0093715
• 负责人: David Goldstein
• 金额: $ 0.6万
• 依托单位: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-12-01 至 2001-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0093715&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SICB; Symposium; Taking; Physiology; Field

Over the past decades, comparative and ecological physiologists have succeeded in describing numerous marvelous ways in which organisms from a variety of habitats are specialized for life in those habitats. However, the great majority of these investigations have been performed in the laboratory, where animals and their environments are under control and manipulable. An important direction in which comparative and ecological physiology is now proceeding is to explore physiological function under natural conditions and with ecological context in mind. Toward that end, the PIs have assembled a panel of speakers who are pushing forward the ability to measure and interpret physiological function of free-living animals. These speakers will focus on vertebrate animals and will approach this topic from several directions. First, they will address a variety of physiological systems; presentations will focus on energy, body condition, temperature regulation, digestion and metabolism, osmoregulation, reproduction, stress, and others. Second, they will explore a variety of methodological approaches; presentations will focus on endocrinology, telemetry, stable isotopes, phenotypic engineering, immune testing, evaluation of tissue and body fluid composition, and more. Third, they will discuss a variety of vertebrate types; authors will speak on migratory birds, marine mammals, nectarivores, and others. This symposium will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (Chicago, IL, January 2001).Together, it is anticipated that these presentations will provide an overview of conceptual and methodological advances in the investigation of physiological systems under natural conditions with a view to answering questions of ecological importance. In the process, they will continue to enhance our appreciation of how animals survive under varied and stressful circumstances. Moreover, they will help to provide insights into ecological questions such as what limits the distributions of animals on Earth, and how this might be affected by patterns of environmental change.

在过去的几十年里，比较生理学家和生态生理学家已经成功地描述了许多奇妙的方式，来自不同栖息地的生物体在这些栖息地中特化为生命。 然而，这些研究绝大多数是在实验室中进行的，在那里动物及其环境受到控制和操纵。 比较生理学和生态生理学目前的一个重要方向是探索自然条件下和生态背景下的生理功能。 为此，PI 组建了一个演讲小组，致力于推动测量和解释自由生活动物生理功能的能力。这些演讲者将重点关注脊椎动物，并将从多个方向探讨该主题。 首先，它们将解决各种生理系统问题；演讲将重点关注能量、身体状况、温度调节、消化和新陈代谢、渗透调节、生殖、压力等。 其次，他们将探索各种方法论途径；演讲将重点关注内分泌学、遥测、稳定同位素、表型工程、免疫测试、组织和体液成分评估等。 第三，他们将讨论各种脊椎动物类型；作者将谈论候鸟、海洋哺乳动物、食蜜动物等。 本次研讨会将与综合与比较生物学学会年会（伊利诺伊州芝加哥，2001 年 1 月）同时举行。预计这些演讲将概述自然条件下生理系统研究的概念和方法进展，以回答具有生态重要性的问题。 在此过程中，他们将继续增强我们对动物如何在各种压力环境下生存的认识。 此外，它们将有助于深入了解生态问题，例如是什么限制了地球上动物的分布，以及环境变化模式如何影响这些分布。